Panelists

Patrice Hannon, Ph.D

Author of Dear Jane Austen: A Heroine’s Guide to Life and Love and the award-winning 101 Things You Didn’t Know About Jane Austen, Patrice is a member of Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) who has been a featured speaker at several regional chapter meetings. She has also lectured on Jane Austen at The 92nd Street Y in NYC. Her favorite Austen hero is Captain Frederick Wentworth.

Carrie Bebris, M.A.

Award-winning author Carrie Bebris is best known for her  Mr. & Mrs. Darcy Mystery series. She made her debut in 2004 with  Pride and Prescience. The novel made the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association bestseller list and won acclaim from Library Journal. Successive Darcy mysteries have earned starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly. A life member of the Jane Austen Society of North America, Carrie is now working on her next novel, based on Persuasion.

Gregory Bergman

Gregory Bergman is the author of the WTF? humor series including WTF? How to Survive 101 of Life’s Worst F*#!-ing Situations, WTF? College, WTF? Work and WTF? Women. He is also the author of four additional books including: 101 Things You–and John McCain— Didn’t Know about Sarah Palin; Bizzwords; –Isms; and The Little Book of Bathroom Philosophy. Mr. Bergman also performs stand-up comedy regularly in hometown of Los Angeles.